Harps as Software Instruments

If you want to figure it out, Ant, use the filter at
the top of the loop browser and see which pack lets
them show up.

I'm always forgeting about that feature! Thanks for reminding me!

Good point, Hang Time. Garritan Personal Orchestra is an Audio Unit plug-in. At this point in time, there aren't ANY Audio Unit plug-ins that work with Intel Macs except the Apple-brand ones that ship with Mac OS 10.4.4.

The Garritan Personal Orchestra uses the Native Instruments Kontakt playback engine. Garritan and Native Instruments are separate companies.

So using the Garritan Personal Orchestra on an Intel Mac will have to wait until the Native Instruments company releases a new version of Kontakt Player (which should be made available for free to Garritan owners).

Garritan is on record as saying they hope this will happen "in the March-April time frame".

Got to love those braves souls who buy the first generation hardware! Me I cower under the desk for a few generations.

Anyway, does the Garritan Personal Orchestra plugin put a lot of load on GB?
The Jam Pack4 stuff can really give GB a workout.

Yes, GPO is what we call "resource intensive". I have a Mac mini with 1GB RAM and I can use a few simultaneous monophonic instruments with Garritan but I can't use anything close to its full resources.

I hope to get one of the new Intel Macs in a few months after the third party companies have a chance to provide support.

Jam Pack Symphony Orchestra has amazing harps and is only $99. (plus, comes with lots of other symphonic instruments)

Actually I bought that Jam Pack as well and I agree the harps sound great. I also have a friend of mine that composes for television and has a very expensive set of classical samples and he says that this Jam Pack is a wicked buy.